Two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a deadly listeria outbreak in 2011 were scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday. Eric and Ryan Jensen, the two brothers who owned and operated Jensen Farms in Holly, Colo., …
Criminal charges against two cantaloupe farmers over a deadly foodborne illness send an emphatic message to fruit and vegetable growers to crack down on safety, federal regulators said Friday. Colorado farmers Eric and Ryan Jensen appeared in shackles in a …
A Colorado farm that was traced to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Jensen Farms declined to comment on its filing Friday. Its attorney Jim Markus told The Denver Post the filing …